Middle East & Africa
Water, Wars and an Uncertain Future
In December 2009, I met Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, in his office in Damascus, along with an eminent British politician. He rolled...
What Turkey wants
The shooting down of the Russian military aircraft, and the subsequent attack of the jihadist "Turkmen" on the helicopter sent from the base of...
Reconstituting Syria
Public discussion of the Syrian situation has tended to focus on the plight of the Syrian refugees and their effects on neighboring countries, the...
Wishful Thinking: The Conservative Hold on Power in Post-JCPOA Iran
Within the Iranian domestic political scene the use of the nuclear program to affect elections has been in place for the past decade or...
Russia: Attempting a Bridge to Africa
While Russia's interest in the sub-Saharan Africa is nothing new, Russian authorities have realized that it’s time to move back primarily to reclaim its...
Trust, but Verify: Countering the Critics of the JCPOA
The real question on everyone’s mind with regard to the JCPOA is whether or not Iran will honor its commitments. There are two differing...
An Entanglement of Enemies: What Russia’s Presence in Syria Truly Reveals
Authors: Dr.Matthew Crosston, Nenad Drca Over the years America has made little progress in Iraq and Syria, something Russia is determined to change apparently....
The Ivory Tower and the JCPOA: Experts Sound Off with Guarded Optimism
Just as the early scientists in the 1930s and 40s spoke about the threat that nuclear weapons posed, today’s scholars and experts have spoken...
Turkish Dilemma: Problems in being a Greater Caspian Force?
In the wake of Turkey’s recent election – supposedly fraught with corruption and fraud – and amid some of the worst violent outbreaks it...
Transboundary Water Crisis in the Middle East
Approximately 40 per cent of the world’s population lives in river and lake basins that comprise two or more countries, and perhaps even more...